Industrial control system with communication bar and power bar

1. An industrial control system, comprising: a plurality of I/O modules; a plurality of terminal boards; at least one communication bar having an input connected with a controller and a plurality of output interfaces, wherein each output interface connects with one I/O module or one terminal board; and at least one power bar having an input connected with a power supply and a plurality of output interfaces, wherein each output interface connects with one I/O module or one terminal board; wherein each I/O module communicates with its corresponding terminal board through the communication bar respectively.

2. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the I/O modules or the terminal boards are installed on the power bar or the communication bar directly or through connectors and short cables.

3. The industrial control system according to claim 2 , wherein the communication bar comprises at least two conductive paths which are formed by conductive material for transmitting signals between one of the plurality of I/O modules and one corresponding terminal board.

4. The industrial control system according to claim 2 , wherein each I/O module is paired with one corresponding terminal board by presettable address and protocol.

5. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication bar comprises at least two conductive paths which are formed by conductive material for transmitting signals between one of the plurality of I/O modules and one corresponding terminal board.

6. The industrial control system according to claim 5 , wherein the output interfaces of the communication bar and the power bar are of different sizes, different inserting direction or different shapes.

7. The industrial control system according to claim 6 , wherein the industrial control system is a distributed control system.

8. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein each I/O module is paired with one corresponding terminal board by presettable address and protocol.

9. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the I/O modules and the terminal boards are installed on the communication bar directly.

10. The industrial control system according to claim 9 , wherein the I/O modules and the terminal boards are installed on the power bar directly.

11. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the I/O modules and the terminal boards are installed on the power bar directly.

12. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the I/O modules or the terminal boards are installed on the communication bar through connectors and short cables.

13. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , wherein the I/O modules or the terminal boards are installed on the power bar through connectors and short cables.

14. The industrial control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a cabinet housing the controller, the plurality of I/O modules, the plurality of terminal boards, the at least one communication bar, and the at least one power bar.

15. The industrial control system according to claim 14 , wherein the I/O modules and the terminal boards are installed on the communication bar directly.

16. The industrial control system according to claim 15 , wherein the I/O modules and the terminal boards are installed on the power bar directly.

17. The industrial control system according to claim 16 , wherein each I/O module is paired with one corresponding terminal board by presettable address and protocol.

18. The industrial control system according to claim 17 , wherein the industrial control system is a distributed control system.